Fixture trim



Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

l A 1,528,724- UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

Application led June 30, 1924. Serial No. 723,210.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. ZAHNER, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fixture Trims; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,

'such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being 'had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a fixture trim, the primary object being toprovide a novel means for securing the trim or finish strip on metalfurniture or fixtures such as tables,`

counters, ice boxes and the like. Usually store furniture or restaurantfurniture is made up of metal commercial bars or shapes, these beingbolted or riveted in place and then a thin sheet of highly finishedmetal is put on as a trim or finlsh. The sheet metal trim or finish isusually nickeled and of rather thin gauge. As a result when the trim isrubbed or polished, the impression of the bolt or rivet is imparted tothe trim which mars the artistic effect of the trim.

My invention contemplates the provision of means for applying the trimin such a manner that it will be protected from the head of the rivet orbolt. Therefore the objection above noted will be eliminated. Theinvention consists in certain novel parts and arrangement of parts allof which will be specifically described hereinafter, reference bein hadto the accompanying drawings in w lich- Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofone end of an article of furniture to which my invention is applied,parts being broken away to better illustrate certain other parts.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through one corner of the furniture.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View through a trim strip between the ends of thefurniture.

Fig. 4 is a perspective sectional view of one corner of the furniture,and

Fig. 5 is a sectional View througha modi-l fied form of my invention.

The anels 1 and 2 designate side and end panels rought together to formbutt joints. The corners are fastened by angles 3 and 4 between whichthe panels 1 and 2 are secured, there being bolts 5 passing through theangles and through the panels 1 and 2 between them. The heads of thebolts are preferably received in counter sunk recesses 6, the threadedends of the bolts being on the inside of the wall of the furniture andthey are adapted to receive nuts 7 to draw the angles together in orderto clamp the panels.

The bolts are originally relatively long so that a pair of pliers maygrasp the bolts to hold them while the nuts are tightened or screweddown in place. The heads of the nuts are covered by protecting strips 8and 9 which are brought together with butt joints as shown so that asquare corner will be provided. The strips 8 and 9 entirely cover theends of the bolts and on the outside of the strips is a metal finishstrip 10 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, as in the form of an angle with itsends bent ove-r in the form of channels 11 and 12, the free edges of thechannels being interposed between the angle 4 and the panels 1 and 2,the flanges being inserted before the nuts 7 are screwed in place. Thebody of the finish strip will therefore bend against the protectorstrips or pads 8 and 9. The pads 8 and 9 are of metal and of thickenough gauge to protect the finish strip against receiving theimpression of the head of the bolts so that an unbroken surface will bemaintained for t-he finish strips after long use, this being impossiblewhere the finish strips bear directly against the heads of the bolts.Therefore the finish strips will at all times present an attractiveappearance.

The intermediate panel strips 13, of which there may be any number mayalso consist of angles if desired and they are fastened to the panels bybolts 14 which pass through the reinforcing strips 15 through the panelsand through the angles 13. The strip 15 will be provided with a metallicpad or strip 16 against which the finish strip 10 may bear, therespective longitudinal ends of the finish strip being bent over in theform of channels 18 and 19 with the free edges between the panel stripland the panel.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a slightly modified form of corner in which theinner angle 3 is omitted, the bolts 18 passing through the panels andthrough the outside angle 19. The pads 20 and 21 correspond to the pads8 and 9 and the finish strip 22 corresponds to the finish strip 10. Inother respect the corner shown in Fig. 5 is substantially the same inconstruction as that shown in Fi s. 1, 2 und l. It should be here notedthat w iile the bolts are relatively long when they are 1n serted sothat a pair of pliers may hold them while the nuts are being screweddown to draw the parts together and that after the nuts are in place theends of the bolts wlll be severed.

Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with panel securing strips and panels and boltssecuring them together, pads on the outside tac-es of the stripscovering the bolt heads and metallic trim strips covering the pads andsecured to the panel securing strips.

2. In combination with panel securing strips and panels and bolts.securing them together, pads on the outside faces of the stripscovering the bolt heads and metallic' trim strips covering the pads andsecured to the panel securing strips between the panel securing stri )sand the panels.

In com ination with panel securing strips and bolts securing the panelstrips to the panels, pads on the outside faces of the panel securingstrips covering the bolt heads and trim strips bearing against the padsand having their respective edges bent in under the securing strips andclamped between them and the panels.

4. In furniture, a corner structure comprising an angle stay strip,panels bolted to the flanges of the angle, pads on the outside faces olthe flanges of the angle to cover the bolts and metallic trim stripsfitting over the pads and conforming to the angles, the ends ol the trimstrips being bent in under the edges ol' the angles and clamped betweenthem and the panels.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

HENRY F. ZAHN ER'.

